Record ID: NMGW-F21711
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete forged copper alloy spiral finger ring of probable Iron Age to Roman date (c. 200BC-AD 410). The ring is of Guiraud Type 7 (Guiraud 1989, 195-6). The ring is made from a forged bar of copper alloy 4.3- 4.8mm diameter wrapped around to form a ring, completing two full turns. The section of the bar is circular. The internal diameter of the ring is variable with a maximum of 22.1mm. The inner surface has a central seam stretching its length and visible in the terminal sections as a result of the forging process. The ring has a glossy smooth olive green to dark brown patina on…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-7222BE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The reported object is a decorative gold posy ring. The ring consists of a thin gold band, D-shaped in section, with a tightly set repeating pattern of tooled S-shaped indentations on the external surface, possibly for enamel, although none appears to have survived. The internal surface in engraved with an inscription which reads ‘Though absent yet constant’ in italic letters in sentence case. The ring profile is slightly misshapen.  Measurements  External diameter: 19.5 x 18.7 mm Internal diameter: 17.5 x 16.5 mm Depth: 2.4 mm Ba…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanddyfnan Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-D97664
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy posy ring dating from c. 1600 to 1700 AD. The hoop is broadly circular in plan (it is slightly bent out of shape) and is shallow D-shaped in cross-section. There is a central vertical seam which stands proud of the rings surface. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: I LIVE IN LOVE, in Roman uppercase lettering. The terminal of the letter I splits into two curving serifs. There is no maker’s mark. The ring has corrosion to its surface rendering it a dark reddish brown colour. There are no visible remains of silvering or gilding.
Created on: Saturday 3rd February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 4th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-CE8D4F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Description and identification The reported object is a cast gold finger ring with stone setting. It has an octagonal hollow bezel tapering upwards to form an oval aperture for the stone. Inside the bezel are the remains of a dark red cabochon stone, now sunken.  The band is flat, plain and slightly D-shaped in cross section. There is a small panel on each shoulder, decorated with a series of horizontal chased grooves. The band is misshapen, and the back of the bezel is plain and flat. Louise Mumford, Senior Conservator-Archaeology and Tom Cotterell, Senior Curator: Mineralogy …
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Port Eynon Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-3D5B90
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description of the find About half of a finger ring with a flat elongated oval bezel and the remains of plain loop tapering away from the bezel. The bezel is decorated with a crudely scratched motif, probably intended to be a stylized palm branch. Dimensions: internal diameter 17mm; bezel 11mm (long) by 6mm (wide); weight 1.7g. Evidence of Date Good parallels for silver finger rings of this form, with better executed incised stylized palm branch motifs, can be found in the Roman period, second to third century AD. Cf. Blackburn area, Lancashire (Herepath 2005); York (Downes 2007); …
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Nicholas and Bonvilston Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-E2F5E2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver-gilt posy ring of 17th or early 18th century date. The ring is heavy D-shaped sectioned hoop with a plain outer surface. The 2.5mm thick hoop is solid silver and was originally gilded. The gilding has largely worn off, particularly on the outer surface. The band shows a transverse line likely indicating that the hoop was created by bending a strip of silver and joining the ends with silver solder. The inside of the hoop is engraved with the italic inscription Keepe faith till death. This was likely inscribed on the strip prior to bending into a hoop. The ring bears no…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wanborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-9097FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Roman finger ring of Henig Type IX, or Guiraud Type 9a (c.AD 200-410). The finger ring is solid cast and filed with eight flat undecorated facets on the outside edge, a smooth flat inner surface and straight sides. The band has an uneven width and thickness with a max width of 5.0mm, max band thickness 1.5mm, internal diameter 15.9mm, external diameter 19.6mm. The metal has a smooth, shiny dark green/silvery patina and weighs 1.51g. Similar objects are recorded on the PAS database e.g. LVPL-357C91, SUR-8581D3, SF-F9274B, SUSS-687D22
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-C62F33
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval gold ring, dating from the mid-18th, to mid-19th century, c.1750 to 1850. The ring has a fluted bezel which is formed around the ring’s hoop. The bezel is crushed and the stone is no longer present. The bezel measures 3.39mm high, 6.11mm wide and 2.77mm deep. The ring hoop has a current outer diameter (excluding bezel) of 15.83mm and an inner diameter of 13.65mm, it is circular in cross section. The shoulders of the hoop extend from the bezel and gradually taper from 1.26mm in diameter, to the center point of the band, where it measures 0.79mm in dia…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-C21388
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy finger ring in the form of a buckled belt of uncertain date, possibly dating from late Medieval to Post Medieval. The ring is in the form of a buckled belt, made from a strip with an integral loop at one end. The end of the strip was bent around to form the hoop and inserted into the loop. The loop is sub circular with poorly surviving mouldings on its outside and where it joins the hoop. The hoop is rectangular sectioned with c.4mm wide parallel sides. The tongue end of the hoop also bears mouldings as well as a small circular projection (likely representing …
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-711649
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ring, possibly a finger ring, or ring associated with a candle holder of Post medieval date or other such household objects. The ring has uneven thickness due to manufacturing error, wear, or corrosion. The ring now has a maximum diameter of 21mm not including the “bezel” and maximum hoop dimensions of 3.7mm wide and 1.4mm thick. One section of the slightly crushed hoop is extremely worn, being only 1.7mm wide and 0.5mm thick. There is a single protuberance on the hoop, in the form of an irregular oval sectioned cast projection to one side of the ring. This may…
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-616863
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stamped copper alloy finger ring of post medieval date (18th to 19th Century). The ring is formed from a flat sheet strip of copper alloy stamped with a repeating design, bent into a ring and soldered to join the ends. The stamped design alternates between groups of three transverse bars with ribbed grooves either side of each bar, and rectangular sections containing a lozenge with concave sides and flat points. The inside of the lozenges contain stamped floral decoration, with petal shapes radiating from two opposing trefoils. The ring is complete and bears a dark green and br…
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-B74473
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy Roman finger ring (c.AD 100-410). The ring comprises the bezel, shoulders and hoop (diameter 23.9 x 24.9mm). The band of the ring is at its narrowest at the bottom of the hoop (4.3mm wide x 3.1mm thick) and expands very gradually and unevenly on either side (reaching a width of 6.3mm wide x 3mm thick on one side and 5.4mm wide x 2.6mm thick on the other) before expanding to decorative sub-triangular/fan-shaped shoulders (13.7mm long) which hold the central bezel. The shoulders are each decorated with 6 incised lines and reach their widest points (15.9m…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Sunday 24th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D69B34
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy finger ring likely of Victorian date (c.19th century). The finger ring comprises of a sub-oval signet (14.6mm long x 11.8mm wide x 1.5mm thick) and portions of the band (9mm long and 3.1mm wide at the break; and 5.9mm long and 4mm wide at the break). The signet appears to be engraved with monogram style letters on the face but cannot be determined due to old damage. The reverse is plain and undecorated with much of the surface patina stripped in old damage. The surviving patina is shiny dark green with large patches of dull reddish brown around the edge …
Created on: Monday 18th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-7853C8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy and glass finger ring of Medieval date. The Ring has a four clawed setting at the bezel holding a worn white gem, likely made of glass. The bezel is 8.9mm wide, 10.1mm long and 5mm thick. The setting is placed slightly off centre on the bezel, so projects perpendicular to the hoop by around 2mm. The hoop is roughly plano-convex in section and of uneven width, partially due to damage. The widest part of the hoop is to one side of the bezel (7.3mm), and the thickness is variable and uneven, being c. 1.6mm at the sides of the hoop and 2mm at the back. The internal dia…
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1167BA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Object description Gold posy ring, with flattened D-shaped cross-section. The external band is plain with a highly polished, reflective surface. The internal flat surface is engraved with the motto ‘be Constant to the End’ in italic font. There is a small, sub-rectangular mark or indentation following the inscription. The ring is complete and in good condition. Weight: 4.07 g Maximum diameter: 19.7 mm Width: 4.8 mm Thickness: 0.9 mm Summary and conclusion The style of lettering is consistent with posy rings of seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century date. Similar…
Created on: Monday 9th August 2021
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-115AD5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description The object is a decorative gold ring with a deep oval bezel (height 5.7mm), once set with a small uncut (cabochon) stone, perhaps a sapphire. There is a small transverse ridge on each side of the bezel at the junction with the hoop, and the lower half of the bezel is chamfered to give a truncated biconical profile. The hoop is slightly misshapen and incomplete, and of circular cross-section. Bezel diameter 8.2 x 6.5mm; hoop thickness 1mm at bottom, 1.9mm at junction with bezel; bezel height 5.7mm; weight 1.69g. Summary and conclusions The Mathern finger ring has a form …
Created on: Monday 9th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-1148D7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold posy ring. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section. The convex outer surface is undecorated. The flat inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: * feare god and loue mee x, in vertical italic script. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Dimensions: Internal hoop diameter 18.7 mm; external hoop diameter 22.15mm; band thickness1.5; band height 6.2mm; weight 9.7g. Discussion: The style of the lettering and decoration, and form of the ring, indicate that it is of 17th- or early eighteenth-century date (after AD 1650). Similar motto…
Created on: Monday 9th August 2021
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-112F58
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description of the find Silver finger ring with plain loop and flat oval bezel. The bezel is decorated with an incised stylized palm branch. Dimensions: internal diameter 17mm; bezel 16mm (long) by 9mm (wide); weight 5.8g. Evidence of Date Good parallels for silver finger rings of this form can be found in the Roman period, second to third century AD. Cf. Blackburn area, Lancashire (Herepath 2005); York (Downes 2007); Devon (Barton 2008); West Lindsey, Lincolnshire (Daubney 2009); Braughing, Hertfordshire (Watters 2014); Hayton, Yorkshire (Richardson 2019). R…
Created on: Monday 9th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-10CCA3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description Gold posy ring in the form of a plain broad band of flattened D cross section. The inner face is engraved with legend *CONTINEW + FAITHFVLL  in Roman capitals. The hoop is slightly misshapen and has an internal diameter of 18.1 x 13.1mm; band width 4.1mm; band thickness of 0.6mm; weight 2.73g. Discussion Dating is reliant on the legend and the style of lettering, which is typical of a seventeenth-century date. Posy inscriptions fall into a number of formulaic categories (see Evans 1931, 54), with mottoes such as ‘Lets live & die in unity’, &lsquo…
Created on: Monday 9th August 2021
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-A89992
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper- alloy finger-ring with keeled shoulders, probably of 3rd century date The cast finger-ring is fragmentary, missing most of the band, one shoulder and the bezel surviving (with a surviving width of 18.5mm. a surviving height of 10.1mm and a weight of 2.8g). The damaged shoulder is expanded (with a width of 10.1mm) and would have narrowed to the band (with a minimum width of 6mm). The shoulders are decorated with incised chevrons. The circular bezel (10.8mm diameter) is slightly raised (1.3mm high and 2.5mm thick) and has no decoration now discernible. The rear of the…
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 16th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-670A69
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy ringer-ring probably of Henig’s (1978)[1] Type VIII and of 3rd century AD date The ring is incomplete, missing the setting and is heavily-corroded (with an overall height of 23.7mm and a weight of 6.7g and internal dimensions of 20.5mm x 18.4mm). The base of the hoop is of D-shaped section (4.6mm wide and 2.3mm thick) and expands towards the shoulders. The shoulders are of keeled form with a marked carination (giving the finger-ring a maximum width of 26.4mm) and are decorated with triangular mouldings, divided by a central groove. A flat border flanked the e…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-411705
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger-ring of c. mid-1st to 3rd century AD date The finger ring is incomplete, with a fragmentary and distorted hoop (with a height of 13.5mm and a weight of 2.5g) and was of oval form. The hoop is of D-shaped section and was narrowest at the base (with a width and thickness of 1.8mm and 1.5mm respectively). The hoop gradually widens to the shoulders which have no surviving applied decoration. The oval bezel is now eroded on one side (11.5mm wide and 2.0mm deep) and is comparatively less finished on the rear. The decoration on the bezel comprises three circula…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-A9E68A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy finger-ring of 14th or 15th century date The cast finger-ring is fragmentary, represented by the bezel and shoulders only (with a surviving height of 7.2mm and a weight of 2.7g). Little of the integral hoop now survives, which appears to have been of rectangular section at the shoulders (4mm wide and 1.8mm thick) with no applied decoration evident on the surviving stub (with a surviving width of 5.8mm and an internal diameter of approximately 19mm). The bezel is circular (with a diameter of 13.4mm) with some peripheral damage. The underside of the bezel is c…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-8190C8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Iron finger-ring bezel of Roman date The probable finger-ring is fragmentary, represented by the bezel and shoulders (with a surviving length of 15mm, a surviving width of 25.4mm and a weight of 4.2g). The side with better preserved shoulder has broken just below a sharp turn (where the hoop has a width of 4.1mm and a thickness of 1.9mm), suggesting a carinated or ‘keeled’ form to the finger-ring. Ferrous corrosion has masked the detail over the ring but the hoop appears to have been rectangular-sectioned, gradually widening to the bezel. No decoration is now evident…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caudle Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-EE2AD9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval gold finger-ring of Posy type of 18th century date The finger-ring is complete but now somewhat distorted (with an external diameter of 19.0mm – 21.5mm, an internal diameter of 18.1mm – 20.4mm and a weight of 3.38g). The band is of shallow D-shaped section (with a width of 5.1mm and a thickness of 0.4mm). The exterior surface has no decoration. The interior carries an inscription in italic script and reading: No bond to vertue S. S There is a maker’s mark of a capitol Roman letter R with a shield The inscription would read ‘No bound to vir…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5A3DB1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver finger-ring of mid to late 18th century date The sub-circular finger-ring is complete (with an external diameter of 20.7mm – 21.9mm, an internal diameter of 17.9mm – 18.6mm, a thickness of 1.3mm, a width of 7.5mm and a weight of 5.8g). The hoop has a raised border on both sides flanking a recessed band decorated with triangles composed of pellets in cast relief. The triangles are arranged in alternating orientation with an undecorated area between. There is a neatly soldered join on the band. The surface has a tarnished, silvery-brown patina. Th…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-595043
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal finger-ring probably of 12th to 15th century date The cast finger-ring is incomplete, missing part of the slightly distorted hoop (with a length and width of 23.8mm and a weight of 5.1g). The hoop is of D-shaped section, narrowest at its base (at 2.0mm wide and 1.7mm thick), widening to the shoulders. The shoulders are faceted producing a rounded trapezoidal section. The bezel is oval (16mm long and 10.0mm wide) and has an incised motif, arranged around double grooves at the centre. The design is possibly of vegetal form, depicting the foliage and sta…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-081697
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval gold finger-ring of mid to late 18th century date Description The gold band is near-circular but has been recently reshaped and is of D-shaped section. There is a linear join across the band and there is no decoration on the exterior surface of the band. The interior of the band has an inscription in italic script reading: Success to our fleet Before the inscription there are two sub-rectangular stamps, the first is a maker’s mark: PB, the second is a lion passant, facing left. Dimensions: External diameter: 20.0mm – 20.9mm, inter…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ystradfellte', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-F18EAC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval to early post medieval copper alloy finger-ring of 15th to 17th century date The finger-ring is incomplete, missing the basal part of the hoop (with a surviving length of 15.8mm, a width of 20.8mm, an internal diameter of 17mm and a weight of 3.6g). At the break the hoop is oval-sectioned (with a minimum width and thickness of 2.8mm and 1.6mm respectively) with straight sides diverging towards the bezel. The sides of the shoulders are faceted, giving a trapezoidal section. The bezel is oval (15mm long, 11.9mm wide and1.7mm thick) and has a monogramed inscription, pr…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-DD2282
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger-ring of c. mid-1st to 3rd century AD date The finger ring is near-incomplete (with a height of 17.5mm and a weight of 2.1g) and is comparatively small (with an internal diameter of 14.6mm) and is comparatively small (with an internal diameter of 14.2mm – 14.8mm). The hoop is of sub-triangular section, with a central ridge and is narrowest at the underside (2.4mm wide and 1.4mm thick). The hoop gradually widens at the shoulders where it was also likely to have had a central ridge but is now largely worn and rounded. There is no applied decoration eviden…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6495BC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring of the 1740s (As per Dr Mark Redknap). Inscription within reads “God for me apointed thee”. Makers mark SLR in gothic script to left of inscription. Band is plano-convex in section, with no decoration on external surface. The internal diameter is 18.4mm. Some damage to edge of ring. The inscription suggests that this ring was a posy ring- a ring exchanged as lover's gift.
Created on: Tuesday 1st December 2020
Last updated: Thursday 10th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-E55606
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy medieval or post medieval finger ring (AD 1200-1700). The finger ring is made a single circular band decorated by two circumferential grooves around the top and bottom edges, a raised centre, and a now-illegible inscription between the grooves around the circumference. The inside surface is plain and worn smooth. The object has a dark green patina and measures 25mm in diameter, 5.5mm wide, 1.9mm thick and weighs 3.99g. Similar rings are recorded on the PAS database (e.g. SF-36FF90, SF-779904, WILT-524744, LON-F8CE39, DOR-7030B1)
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-0943D4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger-ring. The cast finger-ring is fragmentary, missing the base of the hoop and the setting (with a surviving height of 11.3mm, a width of 21.0mm, an internal diameter of 17.6mm and a weight of 2.8g). The hoop has broken beneath the shoulders, where the hoop is of triangular section (2.4mm wide and 1.2mm thick). The sides are divergent to the bezel (with a maximum width and thickness of 10.2mm and 4.3mm respectively) and have a flanged border. The shoulders have a pronounced mid-ridge, which extends to the setting on the bezel. The bezel setting is oval (8.9…
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-041136
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger-ring of 3rd century AD date The cast finger-ring is near-complete and is comparatively slight (with a external diameter of 17.0mm – 17.9mm, an internal diameter of 14.8mm – 15.9mm and a weight of 0.7g). The hoop appears to have been of sub-triangular section at the base (1.4mm wide and 0.9mm thick) and widens gently towards the shoulders. The shoulders are decorated with prominent diagonal incised lines. At the top of the shoulders the hoop narrows, with a carination before a raised transverse moulding either side of the bezel. The bezel is oval (5.0…
Created on: Thursday 16th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-6DAA23
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description The ring is a memento mori ring with a hoop of flattened D cross-section. The outer surface is engraved with a skull, inlaid with traces of white enamel. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: [.] V P obt 26 Jan 1711 aet 3, in italic script. The first character is unclear, and may have been truncated by ring alteration The hoop has an internal diameter of 14.5 mm; external diameter 16.8mm; band width 3.35 mm; band thickness 0.7 mm; weight 2.05g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Conclusions The inscription provides…
Created on: Monday 27th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-6D70A7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description Small complete gold posy ring with traces of ?red enamel. The narrow band of flattened D cross section is externally engraved with a floral wreath pattern, in four segments, each having a central stem and symmetrically opposed leaves. The inner face is engraved with legend + I · AM · EVER · ONE in seriffed Roman capitals, with crosslets between words. The hoop is misshapen, with an internal diameter of 17.8 x 16.4mm; band width 5.7mm; band thickness of 2.3mm; thickness 0.6-0.7mm; weight 1.35g. Discussion Posy rings were popular love token…
Created on: Monday 27th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-6C10A9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold ring in the form of a narrow band decorated externally with transverse punched facets. Each facet is oval, with a narrow internal band of roughening, suggesting that the facets once held enamel. The inner face is engraved with legend If worthie none soe happie in lower case italics capitals, followed by a crown touch mark. The hoop, which is misshapen, has an external diameter of 12 x 20mm; band width 2.5mm; band thickness of 0.8mm; weight 1.4g. Discussion: The ring form, legend, spelling and style of lettering are typical of a sevente…
Created on: Monday 27th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caerwent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-6B9947
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver gilt posy ring, slight damage on the hoop at one point. The broad hoop has a plain outer surface, and a flattened D cross-section. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: - NOT – VALV · BVT · VIRTV, in Roman capitals. Internal hoop diameter 18.7 X 18.9 mm; band width 5.7 mm; band T. 1.4mm; weight 3.06g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Metal Content To judge from its colour and weight, and visual comparison with other silver rings in the collections of the Department of History & Archaeology, this item is silver (over 1…
Created on: Monday 27th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brecon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-1A2539
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold fede or fidelity ring. The misshapen hoop is of flattened D cross-section. The outer face is decorated with a floral pattern. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: Let virtue be thy guide, in vertical italic script. There appears to be a touch mark (indistinct) after the inscription. Internal hoop diameter 14.7 x 16.9mm; band width 4mm; band thickness 1.2mm; weight 3.89g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Summary and conclusions: The style of the lettering, in particular the loops to right on the ascenders on the ‘h&rsqu…
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-99D6A5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Description Decorative gold stirrup-shaped ring. It has a small bezel for a small blue sapphire, en cabochon. The hoop is of D-shaped cross-section (flat internally). The internal hoop diameter is 19.4 x 20 mm (very slightly misshapen). Minimum band width 2.6 mm; minimum band thickness 0.7mm; weight 3.22g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Conclusions The form of the decorative, stirrup-shaped ring was very popular during the thirteenth century, and is paralleled by rings from bishops' tombs at Chichester, and the medieval collections of the British …
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-945A78
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative gold ring with a small circular bezel (stone missing). There is bevelling on the underside of the bezel at the junction with the hoop. The slightly raised bezel has a diameter of 3mm; thickness 1.4mm. The misshapen hoop has an internal diameter of 12.2 x 22.1mm. The hoop cross-section varies, but has a flattened oval cross-section (flatter on the inside); it tapers slightly from the bezel: band width 1.8-2.1mm; band thickness 0.5mm. Weight 1.13g. Another decorative medieval gold ring was found at Llanbadoc Community, Monmouthshire, by Mr P. Wilde of Treorchy while metal de…
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-837CE6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Description The reported object is a silver decorative ring with a circular bezel with retains three small fragments of pink stone set in mastic. The band is decorated with a transverse band of decoration (?floral, very worn) at junction with the bezel, and pairs of incised lines on each side of the hoop flanking a worn single pellet line around its circumference In terms of design and style of the iconography, the ring belongs to the late fifteenth- to early sixteenth century (the shoulder design being typical). The drum-shaped bezel occurs as early as the twelfth century (…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Saturday 29th February 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-8301FD
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative gold ring with a projecting oval bezel of lunate form, set with a small uncut (en cabochon) turquoise. There is a small transverse gold ledge on each side of the bezel at the junction with the hoop, decorated with parallel engraved lines ('combed' fashion). The shoulders are also cast with two small zoomorphic heads, snouts pointing towards the bezel. Each head, seen from above, has pointed ears, almond-shapes eyes and a short snout. The raised bezel measures 5.4 x 7mm, and the thickness including stone is 3.4mm. The hoop has an internal diameter of 18mm, and extern…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-80B3CE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
The ring is a memento mori ring with a hoop of flattened D cross-section. The outer surface is engraved with a skull flanked by repeating vegetal pattern of stylized flowers and scrolls, inlaid with black enamel. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: In remembrance of TA, in italic script. This is followed by a rectangular hall-mark, possibly a B (hard to decipher). The hoop (which is slightly misshapen) has an internal diameter of 14 x 17.6 mm; band width 3.1 mm; band thickness 0.9 mm; weight 2.25g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. T…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Saturday 29th February 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-354744
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Gold fede or fidelity ring. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section. The outer face is plain. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: After consent ever content, in vertical italic script. Internal hoop diameter 15.8 x 16.6mm; external hoop diameter 17.5 x 18mm; band width 4.5mm; band thickness 0.8mm; weight 2.86g.
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Saturday 29th February 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-32905B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description Silver gilt posy ring, very worn on outside but probably once gilt all over. The broad hoop has a plain outer surface, and a flattened D cross-section. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: FEARE + GOD + ONLY, in Roman capitals. Internal hoop diameter 19 mm; external hoop diameter 22.7 X 22.5mm; band width 5.4 mm; band T. 1.5mm; weight 4.77g.
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Saturday 29th February 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-C36D45
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger-ring of uncertain date The cast finger-ring is complete (with a length of 21.1mm, a width of 21.9mm, an internal diameter of 18mm - 19mm and a weight of 5.7g). The hoop is of D-shaped section, of consistent width before widening at the shoulders (with a width of 4.0mm and a thickness of 1.3mm). The shoulders are also of D-shaped section, widening to the bezel with no decoration discernible. The bezel is oval (17.0mm long and 14.6mm wide), with a recessed beaded border. Inside of which, much of the bezel is not decorated with only two converging depressions near th…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-71E94F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: The gold band is circular and of regular D-shaped section. The interior of the band has an inscription in Roman capitals and italic script reading: AG obt Jan 24 1704 The exterior of the band is abraded while the interior is comparatively unworn. Dimensions: External diameter: 19.8mm – 20.1mm, internal diameter: 17.5mm, width: 4.7mm, thickness: 1.1mm and weight: 5.03g Discussion: The finger-ring is a late example of a mourning ring, in use from the reign of Charles II until approximately 1720 (Oman, 1930)[1]. The inscription indicates the date of death o…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th November 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-D7C767
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Roman gold finger ring of keeled type. A plain sharply faceted, almost triangular in section, hoop widens into triangular shoulders with an openwork design down both edges, now much worn, but probably originally a stylized foliate design. Between the shoulders is a prominent battered oval, or possibly octagonal, bezel containing a dark blue Nicolo, or Nicolo paste, intaglio. The intaglio portrays a standing male figure looking left with objects held in each hand, probably a depiction of Mercury holding a caduceus (a staff with two snakes winding around it) and a money-bag (Henig 19…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2017
Last updated: Sunday 4th February 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-C76188
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver gilt finger ring. The reported object is a silver gilt finger ring, comprising a decorated bezel soldered to the plain narrow silver band of triangular cross-section. The engraved decoration takes the form of a quatrefoil; the hoop is plain. Traces of gilding survive. The bezel measures 5.8 high x 6.2mm wide. The band width is 2.3mm; thickness 1.0mm; internal diameter 19.7 x 17.4mm; overall weight 1.32g.
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-C6437A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative silver-gilt posy-ring. The hoop fragment is of flattened D cross-section. The outer surface is cast with a repeating pattern of cells and raised single dots or pellets. Raised dots also fill the field between the cells and the plain borders. The areas between the raised decoration are inlaid with white and green enamel, most of which is now missing. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: FEARE·GOD·ONLI, in Roman capitals. The hoop is slightly distorted. The internal diameter is 17.6 x 17.2mm; external diameter 19 x 19.6mm; band width 4.8 mm; band thi…
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-C5F371
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Published
Gold fede or fidelity ring. The hoop is of wounds triangular cross-section. The outer surface is plain. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: Feare god and love mee, in vertical italic script. Internal hoop diameter 18.6 mm; external hoop diameter 23.2mm; band width 2.3mm; band height 4.8mm; weight 5.31g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation.
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-C55D9F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt decorative ring with two transverse flutes on the bezel, each engraved with a repeating pattern of alternating flowers filling triangular panels. The bezel is separated from the hoop by a deep transverse mouldings of each side. Below these mouldings, the hoop has a median ridge on each side, each facet with engraved sprig-like decoration. The inside of the oval hoop is plain. Internal hoop diameter 19.3mm x 21.3mm; bezel width 8.7mm; band thickness at base 1.4mm; weight 5.16g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation.
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-19DF6E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval silver fede or fidelity ring, very worn on outside but probably once gilt. The broad hoop has a plain outer surface, and a flattened D cross-section. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: I ˣ LIKE ˣ MY ˣ CHOYSE, in Roman capitals. Internal hoop diameter 19.7 mm; external hoop diameter 22.3mm; band width 6 mm; band T. 1mm; weight 4.25g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-1995D1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval gilded silver finger-ring with external inscription on a plain central band, separated by a deep grooves from a 'beaded' border made up of parallel grooves. The bezel takes the form of a solid casting, raised and narrower than the band width of the ring. The inscription reads: jaspar : melchior : baltazar : in a mixture of upper and lower case crude black letter script. Triple dots separate words, and the last name is separated from the bezel by an engraved meander with dots. The inside of the hoop is plain. Internal hoop diameter 17.9mm; external hoop diameter 22.5…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-6719BC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy ring of flattened D cross-section, and slightly mishapen. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text Fear God love me in italic script, preceded with a small rectangular hall mark with the initials AP. The ascenders on the d of the text turn to the left, ending in a small loop. The ascenders on the 'l' turn to right, ending in a small loop. These features can be seen in early eighteenth-century writing guides, such as George Shelley's Penna Volans, after ye English, French & Dutch Way, of c. 1710, and examples of business writing of about 1711 (Whalley 1980, 252-3…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-64D499
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold iconographic finger-ring of late medieval or very early post-medieval date. It has a flat oval longitudinal bezel, engraved with the images of St Catherine holding a sword in her right hand. A wheel (symbol of her martyrdom) protrudes from behind her left side. The hoop is decorated on the shoulders and sides with sprigs. The inside of the hoop bears the legend ·en∙boen∙eure∙ ('In Good Hour') in black-letter script, between sprigs. The rough surface of the background to the bezel suggest that this may have been enamelled, but only cleaning of this area and th…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-3D934E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a fragment of silver gilt 'fede' or devotional ring with a bezel in the form of a sacred heart, crowned by crossed fleur-de-lys, forming flanking heart-shapes. In other rings of this type, clasped hands may decorate the base of hoop. Maximum height 10mm; maximum width 13mm; weight 1.1g. In terms of design and style of the iconography, the ring is of fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century date. A very similar bezel design with heart sprouting two flowers occurs on a silver gilt finger ring from Firle, East Sussex, dated to the late fifteenth or early sixteenth …
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-3D4027
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt decorative ring with repeating pattern of alternating half-flowers filling triangular panels, separated by a deep zig-zag moulding. The inside of the hoop is plain. Internal hoop diameter 19.5mm; external hoop diameter 23.7mm; band width 6.5mm; band thickness 1.8-2.3mm; weight 6.3g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation The form of the ring is similar to that of some late fifteenth-century gold decorative rings. A similar flower motif occurs on a late medieval silver gilt decorative ring in the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A 6769-1860; Oman 1930, no. 269…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-3D1996
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver finger ring in the form of a decorated band, tapering away from bezel. The decoration, which extends all along the external face, has been first engraved and then inlaid with niello (now only partially preserved, but represented by dark material in parts of the engraved design). Three quadrangular panels of ornament with single line borders, are each separated by fields of multiple engraved lines (wrigglework); similar narrow fields at each end are differ in having open outer borders (i.e. not closed by an engraved line). Maximum band width 9mm; minimum band width 4.4mm; max…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-3C726B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative gold posy-ring (incomplete). The hoop fragment is of flattened D cross-section. The outer surface is cast with a repeating pattern of circular and diamond-shaped cells, the former having small raised quatrefoils, the latter raised single dots. Raised dots fill the field between the cells and the plain borders. The areas between the raised decoration are inlaid with white enamel, most of which is now missing, with intervening raised gold spots and cells. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: FANCI , in Roman capitals. Hoop distorted and diameter unobtainabl…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-3BA0FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Gold ring in the form of a plain broad band of flattened D cross section. The inner face is engraved with legend X I LYKE MY CHOYS in Roman capitals. The hoop has an internal diameter of 19mm; external diameter of 21.6mm; band width 5.7mm; band thickness of 0.9mm; weight 6.41g. The finger ring from Llangunllo has a form which is hard to date, existing in the fifteenth century, and continuing up to the present. Dating is therefore reliant on the legend and the style of lettering, which is typical of a seventeenth-century date. There are a number of variants of this inscription rec…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-3B7544
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorative gold ring is of part-hollow construction, with a hexagonal bezel set with a small uncut (cabochon) blue sapphire which is now in two fragments. The hoop broadens at the shoulders (the hollow element), where there is a low ridge either side of the bezel. This part of the hoop has a flattened triangular cross-section; the lower part of the hoop is misshapen. Internal width of bezel at rim15 x 7mm; height of bezel 4.5mm; external width of bezel 8mm; minimum band width 2.2mm; minimum band thickness 0.3mm; weight of ring 2.45g; weight of stone 0.26g. The form of this gold finger…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pembroke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-26A732
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative gold posy-ring. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section. The outer surface is engraved with a repeating vegetal pattern of stylized flowers and scrolls, on a blue enamel background. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: Forget not the gift, in italic script. There is an oval hall-mark, double struck and now indecipherable. The internal hoop diameter 17 mm; maximum band width 2.5 mm; band thickness 0.8mm; weight 1.94g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The style of the lettering, which closely resembles that on an enamelled posy…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2663CB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Published
The circular bezel is engraved with a capital letter W surrounded by three sprigs, within a single row pellet border. The bezel has a diameter of 12.3 x 13mm; the internal diameter of the hoop is 23.4mm; external hoop diameter 27,8mm; thickness of hoop 1.5mm; weight 16.29g. In terms of form and style, the signet ring is a well known early post-medieval type. It is very similar to a brass signet ring with 'W' ensigned by a coronet, probably found in Monmouthshire and of late medieval/early modern date (Williams 1993, no. D37). On the basis of letter form and hoop style, with charact…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2B30C7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a silver signet ring, now incomplete (part of hoop missing). It has a flat, circular bezel for the matrix, which has the form of a round-petalled quatrefoil within pellets in the inter-leaf spaces, within a single circular rope border. The shoulders are demarcated by simple transverse grooves, and the upper part of the hoop is decorated with triple vertical ridges and a random and unevenly punched pattern of open circles, presumably intended to represent pellets/pearls. A transverse groove and two hatched dashes below this indicate a change in the lower hoop dec…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2B0CE9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a fragment of silver gilt 'fede' or devotional ring with a bezel in the form of an angel holding a sacred heart, the angel's right wing being represented by ridges for feathers. The hoop at this pint has the form of a flat band. Height 12.5mm; overall width 8.7mm; thickness 3.2mm; hoop width 5.2mm; hoop thickness 2mm; weight 1.35g. The ring, which has broken into two sections, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. In terms of design and style of the iconography, the ring is probably of fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century date. A similar bezel f…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-268725
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Gold decorative ring with central spine of very fine raised pellets, between two raised plain borders. The inside of the hoop is plain. Internal hoop diameter 17.6mm; band width 3.8mm; band thickness 0.6mm; weight 1.76g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The form of the ring is similar to that of some fifteenth-century gold posy rings which have pelleted bands enclosing mottoes or poesies (such as a ring from Chinnor, Oxfordshire ref. no. 2010T660). A similar band style, with raised mid spine, occurs on a late medieval gold decorative ring found at Jordanstown, …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-187C86
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver gilt decorative finger ring, bent outwards in the centre of the fragment. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section, within plain raised single band borders. The outer surface has a wide plain wavy band separating beaded panels, between the moulded edges of the hoop. The internal hoop diameter can be estimated at about 20mm; band width 7.9mm; band thickness 2.1mm; weight 3.42g. The ring, which has an unevenly tarnished/corroded surface, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The form of the ring indicate that it dates to the fifteenth or early sixteenth ce…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-172CA5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt posy-ring. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section. The outer surface is plain, and very worn (having lost its original gilding). The gilding is well preserved inside the hoop. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text Keep faith ˖ tell death, in italic script. Internal hoop diameter 19 mm; band width 5.5mm; band thickness 1.3mm; weight 3.45g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The form of the ring and style of lettering and wording of the inscription indicates that it dates to the seventeenth or early eighteenth century. There are s…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-115DBC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The reported object is a silver gilt iconographic ring (weight 7.18g). It has a ridged bezel, each facet engraved with three words, each on a separate facet of the rectangular bezel: ihs (between simplified sprigs) ave maria (in Black Letter script) Each shoulder is engraved with sprigs, within twisted volutes, the ridge tops beaded. Externally the lower hoop has the form of a plain rope moulding. The maximum external diameter is 23.8mm; internal hoop diameter 20.02mm; maximum bezel length 11.7mm; bezel width 9.3mm; thickness 1.7mm; minimum band width 3.7mm; weight 7.18g.…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-03238B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold mourning ring with stylized skull on outside of hoop. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text J. A. ob 25 July 98 aeta 37, in italic script (J. A. died 25th July ..98 aged 37). Internal hoop diameter 19 mm; band width 2.9mm; band thickness 1 mm; weight 2.7g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The form of the ring and style of lettering indicates that it dates to the late seventeenth century, a date confirmed by the commemorative inscription. The letter forms with top looped 'b' and 'l' ,…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-02EBA6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
central device in the form of a merchant's mark (comprising an encircled cross above interlaced cross stems, between small quatrefoils), within a single rope/indented border. One shoulder is engraved with a tau cross, and a slight depression below may be the remains of a motif. The hoop is slightly distorted, and the shoulder with the tau cross has severe surface scratching. There is a slightly golden colour within border indents which may be gilding, but this is difficult to verify without cleaning. Internal diameter 22.4mm ; maximum bezel width 12.3mm x 14.8; minimum hoop width 7…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-02B0CE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold mourning ring with stylized skull on outside of hoop. The hoop, which is misshapen, is of flattened D cross-section. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text A. E. obijt 30 Jan' 17034, in italic script (A. E. died 30th January 1703/4). Internal hoop diameter 20.07 mm x 12.7mm; band width 4mm; band thickness 1.1mm; weight 3.34g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The form of the ring and style of lettering indicates that it dates to the early eighteenth century, a date confirmed by the commemorative inscription. The skull/death's head as a mo…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-01F0F4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Torfaen
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative gold posy-ring. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section. The outer surface is cast with a repeating pattern of hearts chased for translucent red enamel between smaller circular elements similarly chased for opaque white enamel ('pearls') and translucent green enamel. Most of this enamel is now missing. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: My (heart symbol) is onely yours, in italic script. The heart symbol is chased and recessed in the manner of the hoop decoration. The ring is slightly misshapen. Internal hoop diameter 14.7 x 15.4 mm; maximum band widt…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-4AF507
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative gold mourning ring. The outer surface is engraved with a fine trellis-style pattern, inlaid in dark blue-black enamel. In place of a bezel, there is a cartouche of white enamel. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: Prepared bee to follow me in italic script. The lettering retains slight traces of dark blue-black enamel. Internal hoop diameter 18mm; maximum band width 2.2mm; band thickness 1.2mm; weight 2.5g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Metal Content Elemental analysis was undertaken by Mary Davis using a Bruker TRAC…
Created on: Friday 7th August 2015
Last updated: Friday 7th August 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-4AB918
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative gold posy-ring. The hoop is of flattened-D cross-section, and the outer surface is cast with a repeating floral pattern quatrefoils and other flowers. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: Such is my love, in italic script. Internal hoop diameter 15.7 mm; maximum band width 4mm; maximum band thickness 1mm; weight 2.79g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Metal Content To judge from its colour and weight and visual comparison with other gold rings and brooches in the collections of the Department of History & Archaeology, the alloy is w…
Created on: Friday 7th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-ED4334
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval copper alloy ring, probably a finger-ring of 17th or 18th century date. The circular ring is near-complete with some peripheral damage (with a diameter of 21.2mm and a weight of 3.5g). The ring comprises a uniform rectangular-sectioned band, with straight parallel sides (with a width of 6.9mm and a thickness of 1.3mm). A join is evident across the band. The ring is decorated with single grooves near each edge. The interior of the ring is undecorated and appears to have been finished. It is likely that the ring is a simple finger-ring, it is also possible that it is a …
Created on: Monday 15th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'at Pentwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-74016A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy finger-ring, probably of 16th or 17th century date The finger-ring is complete but distorted, now oval (24.1mm x 16.2mm and with a weight of 2.3g). The band is flat-sectioned with a consistent width (of 5.1mm and a thickness of 1.1mm). The deeply-stamped geometric decoration is divided into seven repeating panels but of uncertain interpretation. In the interior of the hoop is undecorated. The surface has been stripped with a dark-brown corrosion and traces of gilding surviving the recessed decoration.
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-F3A039
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger-ring of 3rd century AD date and of Henig's (1978) Type VIII The finger-ring is near-complete with some peripheral damage (with a height of 20.6mm and a weight of 4.1g). The interior of the hoop is oval (with internal dimensions of 8mm wide by 6.5mm high). The hoop is worn and corroded but appears to have been of D-shaped section at the base (with a width of 4.3mmand a thickness of 2.2mm), with straight, parallel sides. The hoop becomes sub-triangular sectioned as it approaches the shoulders. The hoop has a subtle but evident keeled form (giving a maximum…
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-4B9DFC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger-ring bezel of uncertain date, possibly Roman The finger-ring is fragmentary, represented by the bezel only (with a surviving length of 18.0mm, a surviving width of 12.3mm and a weight of 2.9g). The integral plate hoop (1.5mm thick) formed a border around the bezel, now eroded. The bezel has an oval recess (10.0mm long, 9.0mm wide, 3.0mm deep and giving an overall depth of 4.6mm) to hold a setting. At each end of the setting the bezel is faceted, suggesting the missing shoulders were of triangular section. No applied decoration is evident on the bezel. The surf…
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 18th February 2015
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-B4AAE0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy finger-ring of stirrup form and possibly of late 12th or 13th century date The finger-ring appears complete but the hoop is distorted (with a distorted overall length of 25.9mm, a distorted width of 20.4mm and a weight of 3.5g). The hoop is of shallow D-shaped section (with a width of 2.5mm and a thickness of 0.5mm) and gradually widens towards the shoulders. The bezel (with a depth of 4.8mm and a width of 7.4mm) is of stirrup form but with a near-circular flat top (5.7mm diameter). The sides of the stirrup appear to have circular recesses or possibly a circular…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-CA1437
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger-ring of 1st to 3rd century AD date The finger-ring is fragmentary, represented by a shoulder and part of the bezel only (with a surviving length of 15.0mm, a surviving depth of 12.8mm and a weight of 1.7g). The shoulder is comparatively thin (at 0.5mm) with straight sides, gradually diverging to the bezel (with a minimum width of 6.7mm and a maximum width of 13.0mm). The shoulders are decorated with vertical incised lines abutting double incised transverse lines. Above the transverse lines and around the bezel are a number of punched marks. The bezel is ov…
Created on: Monday 1st December 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st December 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-C8E987
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy finger-ring, of 16th or 17th century date The finger-ring is complete but is slightly distorted (with an external diameter of 21.3mm - 25.9mm, an internal diameter of 17.4mm - 22.3mm and a weight of 4.8g). The ring is constructed from a band, joined at each end and a raised ridge across the join on the rear suggests a support or a repair. Both edges of the hoop are ribbed (with a thickness of 1.4mm) and the interior of the rim is enhanced with fine grooves, defining a ridge inside the edge. The ring had an encircling inscription in capitol letters, beginn…
Created on: Monday 1st December 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st December 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-C6F4C2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger-ring probably of Roman date The finger-ring is incomplete and distorted, missing the setting and is fragmented at the base of the hoop (with a distorted length of 17.8mm and with a weight of 2.6g). The hoop is of D-shaped section and gradually expands from the base of the hoop to the shoulders (with a minimum width and thickness of 5mm and 2.2mm respectively) and bezel. The bezel is of oval form (8.9mm wide and 2.3mm thick) and is distorted and torn. The bezel has a recessed oval cell (11.6mm x 8.8mm), which would have contained a glass paste, enamel or stone se…
Created on: Monday 1st December 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st December 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-C5D4DF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger-ring, probably a 'snake ring' of Roman date The ring is of circular, coiled form and is complete with two coils (giving a maximum width of 13.4mm, an external diameter of 25.9mm, an internal diameter of 19.7mm and a weight of 15.1g). The hoop is of sub-rectangular section with a consistent thickness (of 2.8mm) and is widest at its midpoint (6.0mm), gradually narrowing towards the terminals. The sides of the terminals narrow more sharply, one terminal has a linear narrowing (6mm from the end) while the other terminal has a more gradual taper to a rounded end. It …
Created on: Monday 1st December 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st December 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-33A563
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger-ring of 3rd century AD date The finger-ring is near-complete, missing the setting but with a distorted hoop (with a distorted length of 18.9mm and a weight of 9.2g). The hoop is of rectangular section and narrowest at the underside (with a minimum width and thickness of 4.2mm and 1.0mm respectively). The hoop widens at the shoulders which have pyramidal mouldings to define a keeled form (giving the ring a width of 27.9mm). The bezel has a raised oval (4.9mm deep) surrounded by a flat border (0.5mm thick and giving the ring a width at the bezel of 17.7mm). …
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-35459E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy seal finger-ring, probably of 15th to 16th century date The finger-ring is fragmentary and comprises the bezel and a small fragment of the hoop (with a surviving length of 5.4mm and a weight of 3.2g). The bezel is circular (with a diameter of 5.2mm and a thickness of 2.3mm). The bezel has a reversed letter 'R' at the centre, at the end of the R is a three-leaved device or Fleur-de-lys and a similar but smaller device near the base of the letter. Before the letter R (when reversed) is an upright with short diagonals on each side, probably another decorativ…
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-7ACC04
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval to modern tin alloy (pewter) decorative ring of uncertain function The ring is sub-circular and is complete and comparatively heavy (with a diameter of 27.0mm - 28.7mm, an internal diameter of 20.7mm - 22.3mm and a weight of 16.0g). The ring is of rectangular section (with a width of 10.3mm and a thickness of 1.8mm - 2.5mm) and is angular. One side is decorated with three raised pyramidical bosses (3mm high). There is a border between each of the bosses and also between the edges of the ring. The ring has no applied decoration. Metallurgical analysis was conducted using…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-10CD28
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy finger-ring of 15th to early 16th century date The finger-ring is of seal type and is near-complete but is heavily-corroded and the band is distorted and broken (with a surviving length of 22.1mm, a width of 26.5mm, an internal diameter of 22.2mm and a weight of 5.1g). The hoop is of D-shaped section and is narrowest at the base (at 3.5mm wide and 1.8mm thick) gradually widening to the shoulders and bezel (with a width of 11.0mm and a thickness of 2.3mm). The shoulders are decorated with a double ribbed moulding, diverging towards the bezel. The bezel is cor…
Created on: Friday 17th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-FCFF57
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger-ring fragment, probably of Roman date The finger-ring is fragmentary, represented by a little les than half of the bezel and a shoulder fragment only (with a surviving width of 13.4mm, a surviving length of 8.6mm and a weight of 1.1g). The hoop was of oval section and is expanding at the shoulders (with a minimum width and thickness of 3mm and 1mm respectively). The bezel was oval (8.6mm long, 2.0mm wide and 1.3mm thick) and would have had a recessed oval cell containing a glass paste, enamel or stone setting, no trace of which now survives. The underside of the…
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-4063C3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger-ring, probably of 3rd century date The finger-ring is complete but the hoop is slightly distorted (with a length of 18.4mm and a weight of 1.3g) and is of slightly 'keeled' form of Henig's (1978)[1] Type VIIIa. The ring is relatively small (with a maximum internal diameter of 16.6mm). The lower part of the hoop is of D-shaped section, with straight and parallel sides (with a width of 2.5mm and a thickness of 1.4mm). There are transverse ridges marking the beginnings of the shoulders (which have a width of 19.4mm). The sides of the shoulders are near-straig…
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 8th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-23630A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a decorative silver gilt finger ring. The hoop, which is of flattened D cross-section, has a break and is distorted. The outer surface is decorated with narrow bands comprising an engraved ring dot with four short 'spokes' (?stylized flower or star), separated by bands of raised dotes (each having eight rows). The band width is 8mm, band thickness 2.4mm and weight 9.987g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The decorative style and form of the ring indicate that it probably dates to the period AD 1500-50. Similar examples with zig-zag banding have…
Created on: Friday 25th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-4F3F08
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorative finger ring. The slightly misshapen hoop is of flattened D cross-section with raised external edges, and has an internal diameter of 17.5 x 20mm. The outer surface is decorated with four plain narrow diagonal bands separated by lines of beading. The band width is 6mm; weight 3.78g. The ring, which has unevenly worn inner and outer surfaces, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The decorative style and form of the ring indicate that it dates to the period. 1500-50. Similar examples with zig-zag rather than parallel diagonal banding have been found at Buckingham…
Created on: Friday 9th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-4F20A0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The finger-ring is a silver gilt decorative ring, complete. It has a rectangular bezel with a median ridge (creating two facets), which continues onto the shoulders of the hoop. The bezel is engraved with hatched dashes in a crude zig-zag pattern, either side of the ridge. The shoulder sections of the hoop have a slightly different arrangement, but essentially retain the same decorative motif. Internal diameter 19.9mm; band W. 3.7mm; band T. 0.8mm; bezel W. 5.7mm; weight 3.041g. In terms of size and design, the object is a fine example of a late medieval decorative ring of late fiftee…
Created on: Friday 9th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-4CCFA5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorative gold mourning ring. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section. The outer surface is cast with a repeating floral pattern. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: G. K. obt 26 March 1702 (italic script) Internal hoop diameter 17 mm; band width 4mm; band thickness 2mm; weight 5.8g. The style of the lettering and decoration, and the inscription date the ring to 1702. The ring is a fine example of what has been described as the earliest definite type of mourning ring, in use from the reign of Charles II until about 1720 (Oman 1930, 39). It typically recor…
Created on: Friday 9th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-F7CBA4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The finger-ring is near-complete, missing only some of the inlay. The hoop has a comparatively small diameter and is of rectangular section, with straight sides, which gradually diverge from the base to the bezel. The base of the hoop is undecorated while the remainder is decorated with three panels. Each side of the hoop is decorated with a trapezoidal panel containing a cross with wide terminals (Patee Cross). The area around the cross is recessed with some surviving traces of inlaid niello. Above and below the trapezoidal panels are rows of punched marks, defining the ends of a con…
Created on: Friday 27th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-0B1F12
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorative finger ring. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section, and has an internal diameter of 19mm. The outer surface is decorated with plain narrow diagonal bands separated by lines of beading. The band width is 4.7mm; weight 4.6g. The ring, which has unevenly worn inner and outer surfaces, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-0A9865
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver finger ring, now flattened out (to judge from the decoration and overall length, one fragment of hoop is missing). The decoration, which extends all along the external face, has been first engraved and then inlaid with niello (now partially preserved). Three square panels of ornament with single line borders, are each separated by two 2-strand rows of dots (reminiscent of cablework strands found on some finger rings at this time); the fields at each end are incomplete and differ - one without a border
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-E8D995
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger ring, probably of 3rd century date The cast finger ring is of 'Trinket' type and is complete (with a height of 25.1mm and a weight of 7.4g). The hoop is of sub-triangular section with straight sides, diverging slightly towards the bezel (3.0mm wide at the base and 5.0mm wide beneath the shoulders and 3.1mm thick). The interior of the hoop is roughly finished and exhibits file marks. The hoop has an internal diameter of 18.7mm. The shoulders are decorated with two to threes incised linear cuts. The bezel is sub-hexagonal (13.3mm long, 11.1mm wide and 3.4mm thi…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 17th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.